Markus Luukkonen: Finnish Magic #37
Do you know the origin of iron? When did you last fall and take fright? These questions are good to keep in mind as we delve into the world of Finn...
Episode 37 of the In the Borderlands podcast, hosted by Mikael Öberg and Torgrim Mellum Stene, titled "Markus Luukkonen: Finnish Magic #37" was published on May 1, 2023 and runs 44 minutes.
May 1, 2023 ·44m · In the Borderlands
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Episode Description
Do you know the origin of iron? When did you last fall and take fright? These questions are good to keep in mind as we delve into the world of Finnish magic, where sorcerers prepare themselves for healing by standing on rocks in freezing rapids and newborn children are protected from evil spirits in the sauna by being given misleading nicknames.
With us we have performance storyteller Markus Luukkonen who has, together with Mikael, made one show based on the fragmented source material of the epic Kalevala, and is in the process of creating another.
Markus Luukkonen
https://markusluukkonen.com/
Cloak of Air (Vindmantel – Ilman Viitta)
https://markusluukkonen.com/projects/cloak-of-air/
The Naked Sorcerer
https://markusluukkonen.com/the-naked-sorcerer/
PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/
EMAIL
[email protected]
TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/
MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/
REFERENCES
Teatteri Venus
https://universum.fi/sv/teatteri-venus/
3troubadours
https://www.3troubadours.com/
Kalevala
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
Cunning folk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk
Elias Lönnrot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_L%C3%B6nnrot
The Finnish Literature Society, SKS
https://www.finlit.fi/en
Karelia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia
Synty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synty
Tietäjä
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiet%C3%A4j%C3%A4
Väinämöinen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%A4m%C3%B6inen
Narrative therapy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapy
Mantra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra
Sauna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna
Luonto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_paganism
Museum of Cultural History
https://www.historiskmuseum.no/english/
Megin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/megin
Väki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4ki
Pansori
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansori
Fossegrim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossegrim
Näcken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_(folklore)
Ole Bull
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Bull
With us we have performance storyteller Markus Luukkonen who has, together with Mikael, made one show based on the fragmented source material of the epic Kalevala, and is in the process of creating another.
Markus Luukkonen
https://markusluukkonen.com/
Cloak of Air (Vindmantel – Ilman Viitta)
https://markusluukkonen.com/projects/cloak-of-air/
The Naked Sorcerer
https://markusluukkonen.com/the-naked-sorcerer/
PODCAST LINKS
https://www.intheborderlands.com/
https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands
https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands
https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/
[email protected]
TORGRIM'S LINKS
https://www.brittle.one/
https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten
https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/
MIKAEL'S LINKS
https://smarturl.it/inanna
https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller
https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/
REFERENCES
Teatteri Venus
https://universum.fi/sv/teatteri-venus/
3troubadours
https://www.3troubadours.com/
Kalevala
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
Cunning folk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk
Elias Lönnrot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_L%C3%B6nnrot
The Finnish Literature Society, SKS
https://www.finlit.fi/en
Karelia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia
Synty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synty
Tietäjä
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiet%C3%A4j%C3%A4
Väinämöinen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%A4m%C3%B6inen
Narrative therapy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_therapy
Mantra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra
Sauna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauna
Luonto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_paganism
Museum of Cultural History
https://www.historiskmuseum.no/english/
Megin
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/megin
Väki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4ki
Pansori
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansori
Fossegrim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossegrim
Näcken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_(folklore)
Ole Bull
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_Bull
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